Umar has failed God and Taraba, says senator

The senator representing Taraba North, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has taken a swipe at Acting Governor Garba Umar, saying he has failed the state and God.

Alhassan, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is now a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) . She is aspiring to be governor next year.

She said she left PDP because the government continued to fail the people.

Her words: “Both the Acting Governor Garba Umar and his boss, Governor Danbaba Suntai, have not fulfilled their promises to the people. But Umar has failed even God.

“Poverty, hunger or starvation and deaths have taken over the centre stage in Taraba, because the government has deliberately refused to impact positively on the lives of the citizenry.

“You all know better than I do because you live with the people here; there is hunger, there is poverty and people are suffering and dying, because the leadership in the state has failed.

“More unfortunately, the acting governor, who was brought by God, seems to have forgotten how he came onboard.”

The senator said all the sectors in the state were grounded.

“The hospitals have neither drugs nor equipment; schools are mere shadows of their former selves.

“They keep saying there is no money, and I wonder what is happening to the federal allocations that accrue to the state monthly.

“The money Taraba receives every month is enough to pay salaries and make life worth living in the state.

The Senior Special Assistant to the acting governor on Media and Publicity, Aaron Atimas, said Alhassan’s utterances were campaign propaganda to get the attention of the masses.

He said: “It is campaign strategy to make people believe she has a better package for them.

“Senator Alhassan has lost touch with the state, maybe because of her present assignment, but the people on ground know that Taraba is not the same: roads, hospitals, schools and many sectors have received the desired attention of this administration.”